** HELP ASAP*** supportive K classroom -

[Guest guest]

Hi!

Does anybody found online or offline the definition of " Supportive Classroom "

and the tasks/responsibilities/qualifications for both the teacher and the

" Assistant/Para " ?

Thanks a lot in advance,

Gaby

[Guest guest]

I suggest you contact your area coordinator and try to get an answer from the

District. That's solely based on the fact that there's no Supportive Classroom

description anywhere and the District refuses to write Paras/ Support staff in

the IEP. In regards to teacher's qualifications, I would try the District's job

postings, Or hopefully somebody else would know that one...

>

> Hi!

> Does anybody found online or offline the definition of " Supportive Classroom "

and the tasks/responsibilities/qualifications for both the teacher and the

" Assistant/Para " ?

>

> Thanks a lot in advance,

>

> Gaby

>

[Guest guest]

hi, I don't know if this helps but at my school, we have one student with autism that receives more services and attention than the rest. When my daughter was diagnosed, I asked questions in regard to this. She is still pre-school age, but trying to plan ahead. This parent has an "advocate" that attends all IEP meetings and fights for this child to get things (that she deserves) and that my broward county public school is either too lazy or doesn't have the "funds" to provide. Somehow this student with the advocate gets it. apparently, the ESE dept. jumps out of the way when they see this woman in the hallway and hates the family, but I say, take a walk in our shoes for a day. We are not here to make friends, we are here for our kids.

Wishing you luck. Jeannie

Subject: ** HELP ASAP*** supportive K classroom -To: sList Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 9:40 PM

Hi!Does anybody found online or offline the definition of "Supportive Classroom" and the tasks/responsibilities/qualifications for both the teacher and the "Assistant/Para"?Thanks a lot in advance,Gaby

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Try parent_to_parents . If that doesn't work

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I concur - after the school system tried to keep my child in a cluster and wouldn't do testing I went with an advocate. That was years ago and I still don't walk into a meeting without one. This state is one of the worst with the IDEA act. Even when the schools were flush with money they did their best to give our children the least.

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hi, I don't know if this helps but at my school, we have one student with autism that receives more services and attention than the rest. When my daughter was diagnosed, I asked questions in regard to this. She is still pre-school age, but trying to plan ahead. This parent has an "advocate" that attends all IEP meetings and fights for this child to get things (that she deserves) and that my broward county public school is either too lazy or doesn't have the "funds" to provide. Somehow this student with the advocate gets it. apparently, the ESE dept. jumps out of the way when they see this woman in the hallway and hates the family, but I say, take a walk in our shoes for a day. We are not here to make friends, we are here for our kids.

Wishing you luck. Jeannie

Subject: ** HELP ASAP*** supportive K classroom -To: sList Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 9:40 PM

Hi!Does anybody found online or offline the definition of "Supportive Classroom" and the tasks/responsibilities/qualifications for both the teacher and the "Assistant/Para"?Thanks a lot in advance,Gaby

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I have to say that you ladies are right.  We moved from land in July, so of course we are new in this school system.  However I have noticed that the school won't give one little bit of help even more if you just arrived.  In order to have them consider a revisison of my son's IEP I had to go to the expense of doing a private eval and find a child advocate.  I had a meeting with them and I felt ambushed.  It's the first time since my son started having IEPs that have to have a child advocate looking out for him.

Carolina

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Re: ** HELP ASAP*** supportive K classroom -

I have to say that you ladies are right. We moved from land in July, so of course we are new in this school system. However I have noticed that the school won't give one little bit of help even more if you just arrived. In order to have them consider a revisison of my son's IEP I had to go to the expense of doing a private eval and find a child advocate. I had a meeting with them and I felt ambushed. It's the first time since my son started having IEPs that have to have a child advocate looking out for him.

Carolina

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I've had better luck so far with Florida for the most part, but we shall see, since I just moved here a few months ago.I'm up in Palm Beach County, only complaint so far is that they didn't seem to recognize the behavioral plan for my oldest (PDD-NOS, 3rd grade) since he didn't have an IEP. They seemed completely confused by the idea of an FBP without an IEP, though they recognized his DSP. So, they originally placed him in all gifted classes with no mechanism to help him. Took less than 2 weeks to "fix". He's now in a regular class room, he's happy as a clam and his anxiety attacks noticeably reduced though bored completely at the same time -- strange combination.My younger one (AS, 1st grade), they placed him with an awesome teacher who seems to understand him from day one and he totally

adores her. He's in the process of being reevaluated for a new IEP, and I didn't have to ask for it, they brought it up to me after reviewing his file and him being in school for a month. Due to circumstances his "expired" up in VA and I didn't have the energy to fight it. But, honestly, even without an IEP or any formal supports, he's thriving better than I ever expected.So, now I'm hoping to be able to afford to stay in the neighborhood I picked from VA. I've actually found the staff at their school to be incredible. I miss my old elementary and nothing will compare to the principle they had, but I have no complaints. Of course, stay tuned for a few weeks from now, when I'm up against my first Florida IEP meeting.I've heard horror stories about Florida schools so I was prepared for a fight coming down, and was happy to find none.

Only fight I've had is figuring out your social services, ... now that is a mess! More red tape than I ever saw working in D.C. Still haven't been able to accomplish anything there, and forget talking to a case worker, can't even seem to find them.Best of luck in your fight and don't give up. I know I'm new here to Florida, but if I can help in any way, let me know.Tisha